Definition:Empty Set/Also known as

Empty Set: Also known as

The empty set is sometimes called the null set, but this name is discouraged on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ because there is another concept for null set which ought not to be confused with this.

Some sources call the empty set the vacuous set.

Others call it the void set.

Sources

• 1951: J.C. Burkill: The Lebesgue Integral ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {I}$: Sets of Points: $1 \cdot 1$. The algebra of sets
• 1951: Nathan Jacobson: Lectures in Abstract Algebra: Volume $\text { I }$: Basic Concepts ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction $\S 1$: Operations on Sets
• 1955: John L. Kelley: General Topology ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $0$: Subsets and Complements; Union and Intersection
• 1959: E.M. Patterson: Topology (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {II}$: Topological Spaces: $\S 8$. Notations and definitions of set theory
• 1964: W.E. Deskins: Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: A Common Language: $\S 1.1$ Sets
• 1964: Steven A. Gaal: Point Set Topology ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction to Set Theory: $1$. Elementary Operations on Sets
• 1965: A.M. Arthurs: Probability Theory ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Set Theory: $1.2$: Sets and subsets
• 1965: Seth Warner: Modern Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text I$: Algebraic Structures: $\S 1$: The Language of Set Theory
• 1966: Richard A. Dean: Elements of Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 0.2$. Sets
• 1967: George McCarty: Topology: An Introduction with Application to Topological Groups ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction: Special Symbols
• 1971: Patrick J. Murphy and Albert F. Kempf: The New Mathematics Made Simple (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Sets: The Empty Set: Definition $1.2$
• 1972: A.G. Howson: A Handbook of Terms used in Algebra and Analysis ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 2$: Sets and functions: Sets
• 1974: Murray R. Spiegel: Theory and Problems of Advanced Calculus (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Numbers: Sets
• 1975: Bert Mendelson: Introduction to Topology (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Theory of Sets: $\S 2$: Sets and Subsets
• 1977: Gary Chartrand: Introductory Graph Theory ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix $\text{A}.1$: Sets and Subsets
• 1981: Murray R. Spiegel: Theory and Problems of Complex Variables (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: Complex Numbers: Point Sets: $14.$
• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): empty: 1.
• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): null set: 1.
• 1993: Keith Devlin: The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1$: Naive Set Theory: $\S 1.2$: Operations on Sets
• 1993: Richard J. Trudeau: Introduction to Graph Theory ... (previous) ... (next): $2$. Graphs: Sets: Definition $2$
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): empty set
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): null set (empty set)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): empty set
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): null set (empty set)
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): null set